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Digital plaster trialled in Londonemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A digital plaster that can monitor patients' vital signs is being trialled at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for the first time.
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Information quality mark launchedemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Information Standard accreditation scheme has been launched at the King's Fund.
Source: E-Health-Insider - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Vendor Notebook - API Healthcare announces new contracts for human capital managementemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
API Healthcare, a Hartford, Wis.-based provider of human capital management solutions for healthcare providers, has signed contracts with the following healthcare organizations: Seattle Children’s Hospital, Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue, Wash., North Mississippi Health Services in Tupelo, Miss., Lodi Memorial Hospital in Lodi, Calif., King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky., Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, Wash., and the Eastern Connecticut Health Network in Manchester, Conn.
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only A.D.A.M. Inc. Accenx Technologies Inc Ashland Atlanta banking technology Bellevue CAD system California Cambridge Canopy Chicago Cincinnati Connecticut consumer health information and benefits technology content m Source Type: news

Four Steps To Immunize An Organization Against H1N1: New Study By Info-Tech Research Groupemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Info-Tech Research Group's latest report outlines four specific areas that IT departments need to consider when preparing for the very real threat of an H1N1 outbreak this winter. If ignored, a business could experience a substantial slow down or a complete halt in productivity.
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

Children's Networks Exposed Young Viewers To 76 Percent More Food Commercials Per Hour Than Other Networksemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Childhood obesity in the United States is reaching epidemic proportions. With more than one fourth of advertising on daytime and prime time television devoted to foods and beverages and continuing questions about the role television plays in obesity, a study in the November/December issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior examines how food advertising aimed at children might be a large contributor to the problem.
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Quest For More Rapid Technology To Screen Blood Samplesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Dr. Jennifer Brodbelt, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $734,068 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new method for rapidly screening blood samples for biomarkers. Biomarkers are small molecules that indicate the presence of a particular physiological condition, typically a disease.
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news

US Lagging In Access, Quality, HIT Use According To International Survey Of Physicians In 11 Countriesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Fifty-eight percent of primary care doctors in the U.S. report their patients often have difficulty paying for medications and care, and half of U.S. doctors spend substantial time dealing with restrictions insurance companies place on their patients' care, according to findings from the 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey published online in the journal Health Affairs. The responses of U.S.
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Medical Transcription Industry Celebrates Health IT Weekemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
As health information managers and professionals across the country celebrate the health information & technology industry this week, the Association for Health Care Documentation Integrity (AHDI) and the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) announced their support for a healthcare reform package that improves electronic health records (EHRs) as well as patient safety.
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: IT / Internet / E-mail Source Type: news

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust Buys System C's Maternity Softwareemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
System C Healthcare has won a contract from Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for its maternity information system. The order follows close on the heels of a successful go-live for the company's Medway Maternity software at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Source: eHealth News EU - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: News - Industry News Source Type: info

NHS Bury Primary Care Trust Goes Live with iSOFT Lorenzo RC 1.9email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
iSOFT Group Limited (ASX: ISF) - Australia's largest listed health information technology company today announced the implementation of the latest version of its Lorenzo electronic patient record solution at NHS Bury Primary Care Trust (PCT) in Lancashire. NHS Bury went live on 3 November with iSOFT's Lorenzo Regional Care 1.9.
Source: eHealth News EU - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: News - Industry News Source Type: info

Iowa Health System Makes the Move to McKesson's Solution for Medical Imagingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Healthcare provider to America’s heartland expects to increase productivity and physician satisfaction
Source: McKesson News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: organizations

Canada's country-wide EHR rollout hits snagsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Canada Health Infoway has met a number of serious challenges concerning its EHR deployment timeline and needs to implement more standards, controls and progress indicators, according to a report this week from Canada's Auditor General, Sheila Frase. 
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

CDC adopts new, near real-time flu tracking systememail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Centers for Disease Control will track potential outbreaks of the H1N1 flu using a private, nationwide GE Healthcare database that holds electronic medical records for 14 million people.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Survey: Many healthcare facilities unprepared for HITECH requirementsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Despite the health IT adoption push following the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, many healthcare facilities may not be prepared to meet some of the Health IT for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) requirements, based on the findings of the second annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society security survey.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Fines to be issued for trial sites that don’t notify patients of data breachesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Clinical trial sites that do not adhere to the language written in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 requiring facilities to divulge privacy breaches to their patients, could pay up to a $50,000 penalty per violation.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Trial sites to be issued fines if they don’t notify patients of data breachesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Clinical trial sites that do not adhere to the language written in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 requiring facilities to divulge privacy breaches to their patients, could pay up to a $50,000 penalty per violation.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Insider View: Jon Hoeksmaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma reflects on a busy couple of weeks for news about the National Programme for IT in the NHS and says the sudden flurry of activity can mean only one thing - those November deadlines matter and judgement day is coming for NPfIT.
Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info

HIT vendors call for clarity, consistency on meaningful useemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
As the government works to draft a "meaningful use" definition by the end of December, healthcare IT vendors are urging clarity and consistency on what they and providers are expected to implement to receive incentives under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Mark Segal, vice chairman of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's Electronic Health Record Association and director of government and industry relations for GE Healthcare IT, emphasized the importance of a single standard for exchange of clinical summaries.
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only ARRA HIT Chicago Industry News Justin Barnes Mark Segal stimulus Vendors Source Type: news

Hawaii practice to automate medical records, business managementemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Ali'i Health Center, a 15-provider, multi-location, multi-specialty practice based in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, plans to go live with an electronic health record and practice management system in December. The practice tapped Dallas-based Aprima Medical Software for the technology.
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Ali Aprima Medical Software Dallas Hawaii Honolulu Kailua Kona Sue McConnell Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news

NIH to build bioinformatics databases for new treatmentsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a five-year, $16 million contract to Northrop Grumman to create Web-based bioinformatics resource centers. The databases will support the research of pathogenic viruses that could lead to new medical treatments and preventive measures for humans.
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Allergy Bioinformatics Industry News infectious diseases National Institute of Health Northrop Grumman Reston Source Type: news

HIMSS aims to promote diversity in health ITemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has created a Diversity Business Roundtable for Health IT, designed to give businesses owned by minorities, women and veterans the opportunity to colaborate and grow as the health IT market prepares for rapid expansion. "HIMSS has long offered educational and other resources to support our members' growth, and we're pleased that we can now offer a home for diverse enterprises to take advantage of those resources and share strategies to develop their businesses," said HIMSS President and CEO H. Stephen Lieber.
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only HIMSS Industry News Peggy McShane Washington Vendors Source Type: news

Survey: U.S. physicians lag behind those in other countries in IT useemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
U.S. doctors are far less likely to use health information technology that helps reduce errors and improve care than those in other countries, according to the 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey. Published online today in the journal Health Affairs, the survey finds that only 46 percent of U.S. doctors use electronic medical records, compared to 99 percent of doctors in the Netherlands and 97 percent of doctors in New Zealand and Norway.
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Australia Canada Cathy Schoen Commonwealth Fund Congress France Germany Industry News Italy Karen Davis medication errors New York New Zealand Norway Sweden The Netherlands United Kingdom United States Phy Source Type: news

Manchester Royal Infirmary makes room for Condecoemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) is using workplace management specialists RNM Systems’ out-of-the-box room booking software suite, Condeco, to manage its new training and education facilities
Source: Hospital IT Europe - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Tissue cassette labels which stick to all the EC rulesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Brady offers a unique labelling system guaranteeing accurate identification of tissue samples
Source: Hospital IT Europe - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Paragon software enables PHOENIX Healthcare to deliver on doctors’ ordersemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution is using advanced route planning software from Paragon Software Systems to manage its time critical deliveries of medicines
Source: Hospital IT Europe - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Electronic clinical decision support for Middle Eastern hospitalsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
in new agreement between First DataBank International and GE Healthcare
Source: Hospital IT Europe - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

SRC and PCTI join forcesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
SRC and PCTI partnership offers instant electronic document transfer for NHS Trusts
Source: Hospital IT Europe - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Proteus Now Open Sourceemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
We, the developers of the Proteus Intelligent Processes (PIP) Project, are pleased to announce the availability of source code for tools related to the clinical decision support guidelines model, Proteus under an open source license (EPL). The open source development effort will now proceed in the PIP project.
Source: GNU/Linux And Open Source Medical Software News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

HIMSS launches health IT diversity roundtable for businessesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has created a Diversity Business Roundtable for Health IT to enable businesses owned by minorities, women and veterans the opportunity to network as the health IT market prepares for rapid expansion over the next decade.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

IntraLinks, Adobe Team for Paperless Clinical Trialsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Combining Adobe's LiveCycle Enterprise Suite with IntraLinks' solutions for secure collaboration, companies aim to turn the document-intensive clinical trial process into a paperless experience. - IntraLinks and Adobe are teaming up to develop solutions that will automate cross-organization data capture and submission-based business processes within the life sciences industry. The initial solution IntraLinks and Adobe are bringing to market addresses the document-intensive clinical trial p...
Source: eWeek Health Care - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info

It’s cold out thereemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Malcolm Newbury, a director of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise UK, says it's time to break out of Groundhog Day and find a new way of doing interoperability in the post NPfIT world. Also that visitors to E-Health Insider Live '09 will be able to see the future on the IHE stand.
Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info

CareTech to acquire content management system provideremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Health IT company CareTech Solutions has reached an agreement in principle to acquire content management system provider Interactive Global Communications Network.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

CareTech to acquire content management firmemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Health IT company CareTech Solutions has reached an agreement in principle to acquire content management system provider Interactive Global Communications Network.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

InterSystems 'wins Scottish PMS deal'email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
E-Health Insider understands that InterSystems has won the contract to provide a national patient management system (PMS) to the NHS in Scotland.
Source: E-Health-Insider - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Queen's Research Could Help Protect Frontline Troopsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A team of researchers at Queen's University Belfast's Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) is working to develop futuristic communications systems that could help protect frontline troops. Building on work completed recently for the UK Ministry of Defence, the project is aimed at investigating the use of arrays of highly specialised antennas that could be worn by combat troops to provide covert short-range person-to-person battleground communications.
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: IT / Internet / E-mail Source Type: news

New Study Further Disputes Notion That Amputee Runners Gain Advantage From Prothesesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance advantage over counterparts who use their biological legs. A debate on the matter was spurred when Oscar Pistorius, a bilateral amputee, was barred from the 400-meter dash at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and other able-body races.
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Sports Medicine / Fitness Source Type: news

Tiny Injector To Speed Development Of New, Safer, Cheaper Drugsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
It's no bigger than a stamp packet but it has the potential to allow rapid development of a new generation of drugs and genetic engineering organisms, and to better control in-vitro fertilization. Engineering researchers at McMaster University have fabricated a palm-sized, automated, micro-injector that can insert proteins, DNA and other biomolecules into individual cells at volumes exponentially higher than current procedures, and at a fraction of the cost.
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: IT / Internet / E-mail Source Type: news

Massachusetts doctors, insurers join forces to boost pediatric careemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In an effort to boost healthcare delivery, physicians at Children's Hospital Boston are partnering with Massachusetts' major health plans to develop new technologies and integrated care models. Health plans including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan will be advisors for and target funds toward the effort. The Massachusetts Medicaid Program has also agreed to participate.
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill Tags: Online Only Boston Children Massachusetts Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Payers Source Type: news

InterSystems 'wins Scottish PMS deal'email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
E-Health Insider understands that InterSystems has won the contract to provide a national patient management system (PMS) to the NHS in Scotland.
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Mobile Solutions Village on showemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
One of the highlights of the E-Health Insider Live '09 exhibition will be the O2 and BlackBerry Mobile Solutions Village.
Source: E-Health-Insider - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Veterans Administration Leads In E-Health Exchange, Tooemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Veterans Health Administration was at the avant-garde of electronic medical records in the 1980s, and more recently, it's blazed the trail for exchanging health information between providers, the Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World reports in the third of a 3-part series on EMRs.
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: IT / Internet / E-mail Source Type: news

Internet Proves Important To Teens With Chronic Conditionsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Internet has become a popular socializing tool for adolescents and a new study shows those with chronic health conditions might rely on it more heavily than their peers do. According to the new Swiss study, Internet use among adolescents in the country is similar to other Western regions, with 91 percent of 14 to 19 year olds logging online several times per week.
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: IT / Internet / E-mail Source Type: news

Medavis RIS links speech recognitionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
German medical information systems company medavis has integrated speech recognition into its Radiology Information System (RIS).
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

N3 Voice Services reaches 100th siteemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
N3 Voice Services is due to implement its 100th N3 VoIP site today. Len Chard, NHS Connecting for Health's programme head of N3, said the milestone showed how the service had developed since the NHS' broadband network was VoIP-enabled in July 2007.
Source: E-Health-Insider - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Third of trusts miss wristband deadlineemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The National Patient Safety Agency has admitted that almost a third of NHS acute trusts in England and Wales have failed to meet the requirement to generate and print standardised patient wristbands.
Source: E-Health-Insider - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Take care of yourselfemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: NHS Connecting for Health - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: cturner Source Type: organizations

Voice-supported Electronic Health Record for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The DentVoice application with the DentCross component showed the practical ability of the temporomandibular joint disorder treatment support. PMID: 19893859 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Methods of Information in Medicine - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Hippmann R, Dostálová T, Zvárová J, Nagy M, Seydlova M, Hanzlícek P, Kriz P, Smidl L, Trmal J Tags: Methods Inf Med Source Type: journals

A Three-layered Model of Nursing Based on Hospital Observation Data.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Our system succeeded in verification of nursing care steps in IVDI procedure in ratios of more than 95%. Detection errors are due to the sensor system, so it is necessary to use or develop more precise devices. PMID: 19893858 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Methods of Information in Medicine - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Ohboshi N, Tanaka T, Kuwahara N, Ozaku HI, Naya F, Kogure K Tags: Methods Inf Med Source Type: journals

Alert System for Inappropriate Prescriptions Relating to Patients' Clinical Condition.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: We developed an alert system for inappropriate prescriptions for each patient's clinical condition. The alerts generated by this system were effective for discontinuing contraindicated medication. PMID: 19893857 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Methods of Information in Medicine - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Matsumura Y, Yamaguchi T, Hasegawa H, Yoshihara K, Zhang Q, Mineno T, Takeda H Tags: Methods Inf Med Source Type: journals

Development of a System for Measurement and Analysis of Tremor Using a Three-axis Accelerometer.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This system using a Wii Remote is capable of analyzing frequency and estimated amplitude of tremor between 3 Hz and 15 Hz. PMID: 19893856 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Methods of Information in Medicine - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mamorita N, Iizuka T, Takeuchi A, Shirataka M, Ikeda N Tags: Methods Inf Med Source Type: journals